What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy

Summary: Describes 36 principles of learning found in good video games. Also uses the discussion of video games to introduce work on situated cognition, New Literacy Studies, and connectionism (pattern recognition).

Record details

ISBN: 9781403984531 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1403984530 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
249 p. ; 24 cm.
Edition: Rev. and updated ed.
Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-239) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : 36 ways to learn a video game -- Semiotic domains : is playing video games a "waste of time"? -- Learning and identity : what does it mean to be a half-elf? -- Situated meaning and learning : what should you do after you have destroyed the global conspiracy? -- Telling and doing : why doesn't Lara Croft obey Professor Von Croy? -- Cultural models : do you want to be the blue sonic or the dark sonic? -- The social mind : how do you get your corpse back after you've died? -- Conclusion -- Appendix : The 36 learning principles.